by ipasa | Dec 11, 2015 | Old Posts
Dozens of people have been evacuated from a village in Lancashire as rising river levels heaped pressure on temporary flood defences. Residents from about 20 homes in St Michaels have been moved to a nearby YMCA centre after the Environment Agency issued a severe...
by ipasa | Dec 10, 2015 | Old Posts
A new paper was just published which provides a glimpse into the future of wildfires. The paper is titled “Extreme fire season in California: A glimpse into the future?” It was published as the second chapter of “Explaining Extreme Events of 2014” which is from by the...
by ipasa | Dec 10, 2015 | Older Post
Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital’s first ever pollution “red alert” came into effect. The alert, the highest possible warning level, was issued late Monday and will last until midday on Thursday....
by ipasa | Dec 9, 2015 | Older Post
Officials in Japan confirmed an eighth fatality Wednesday in the wake of disastrous flooding unleashed by torrential rainfall that hit the eastern and northern parts of the country in the wake of Tropical Storm Etau earlier this month. Fourteen of the 15 people...